Tuesday, 25 July, 2006 , 20:08 AFP — An Istanbul court on Tuesday upheld a ruling denying a retrial to Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of Kurdish separatist group PKK, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Tuesday, 25 July, 2006 , 09:20 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for NATO to join the combat against mounting violence by Kurdish rebels holed up in northern Iraq, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Saturday, 22 July, 2006 , 20:00 AFP — The United States, firmly in support of Israel's strikes in Lebanon, grappled Saturday with Turkey's warnings that it is losing patience in the face of attacks by Kurdish rebels based in Iraq.

Saturday, 22 July, 2006 , 13:36 AFP — US President George W. Bush told Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday that the United States will help Turkey in the face of attacks by Kurdish rebels, the White House said.

Saturday, 22 July, 2006 , 10:59 AFP — Six Kurdish rebels and two Turkish soldiers died in clashes Friday and Saturday in the mainly Kurdish southeast of the country, local and official sources in the region's main city Diyarbakir said.

Friday, 21 July, 2006 , 17:18 AFP — Four Kurdish militants and a soldier were killed Friday in southeast Turkey as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told US President George W. Bush that escalating rebel attacks had gone "beyond the limits of tolerance."

Friday, 21 July, 2006 , 10:28 AFP — Turkey's army killed four Kurdish militants Friday, the day after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned US President George W. Bush the escalating violence had gone "beyond the limits of tolerance".

Friday, 21 July, 2006 , 08:43 AFP — Mounting violence by Kurdish rebels who enjoy a safe haven in Iraq has gone "beyond the limits of tolerance", Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told US President George W. Bush.

Thursday, 20 July, 2006 , 16:57 AFP — Iranian artillery bombarded separatist Kurd positions inside northeast Iraq on Thursday, according to an official from the breakaway movement.

Wednesday, 19 July, 2006 , 11:11 AFP — The United States said on Wednesday that Turkey has the right to defend itself against mounting violence by Kurdish rebels, a day after Ankara accused Washington of applying double standards to the region.